Public bug reported:
When trying to install some older packages on a machine with newer
packages I get the following message:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libcupsimage2 : Depends: libcups2 (= 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.8) but 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.9 is
to be installed
libgfortran3 : Depends: gcc-4.8-base (= 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) but
4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
The way the message is worded makes it seem like I was trying to install
version 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.9 and 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4 of the above
packages.
In reality, these were the versions of the packages that were already
installed on the machine.
This caused a fair bit of confusion when trying to debug the situation.
If you could please reword the error message to be correct. Perhaps
something along the lines of:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libcupsimage2 : Depends: libcups2 (= 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.8) but 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.9 is
already installed
libgfortran3 : Depends: gcc-4.8-base (= 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) but
4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4 is already installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Thanks!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: apt 1.2.25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-36.40~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Feb 28 18:14:25 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-03 (117 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial
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Title:
error message for unmet dependencies is misleading
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
When trying to install some older packages on a machine with newer
packages I get the following message:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libcupsimage2 : Depends: libcups2 (= 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.8) but 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.9
is to be installed
libgfortran3 : Depends: gcc-4.8-base (= 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) but
4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
The way the message is worded makes it seem like I was trying to
install version 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.9 and 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4 of the
above packages.
In reality, these were the versions of the packages that were already
installed on the machine.
This caused a fair bit of confusion when trying to debug the
situation.
If you could please reword the error message to be correct. Perhaps
something along the lines of:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libcupsimage2 : Depends: libcups2 (= 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.8) but 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.9
is already installed
libgfortran3 : Depends: gcc-4.8-base (= 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) but
4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4 is already installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Thanks!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: apt 1.2.25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-36.40~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Feb 28 18:14:25 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-03 (117 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20170801)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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